Family History Research by a Professional Genealogist Professional Family History, Family Tree, Genealogy, House and Ancestry Research Service by Professional Genealogist UK and local history research in Hertfordshire, Essex, Cambridgeshire, London and Middlesex. Past Discoveries is a genealogical and family history research business offering a friendly and efficient service to those who wish to find out more about their family history. We help clients Worldwide with their research. Genealogy is the study of family lines of descent and incorporates all aspects of family history. Researching your family history can be a very challenging, interesting, rewarding and revealing pastime, although it can be very frustrating if you cannot find the information on your family. To carry out family history research you need to have the knowledge on a wide range of sources as well as having patience in searching, a methodical approach for looking at records and finding the information you need, as well as having analytical skills. As such, Past Discoveries can help you find the people in your family and also information such as where they lived, when your family were born, married and died and also what profession they had. We offer different family history research services including: Helping you find records if you are unable to visit Repositories yourself. Assistance if you are stuck with your research. Help and advice in extending your own research. Obtaining Certificates of Birth, Marriage and Death. Help to other Genealogists in obtaining and looking for records. We visit all London Repositories and the Local Repositories of Hertfordshire, Essex, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. We also offer a House History and Local History Service. We can research your local area historically finding out all aspects of its history including such things as The Manor, The Workhouse, outbreaks of disease that affected the area and also the local occupations of the area. House History can find out all about the past history of your house including ownership, Maps, Census, alterations to the house and Deeds. Photographs are included where possible. We can help you in all aspects of your historical quest. Our aim to you is to provide a friendly service that is tailored to your specific needs.